Analog Influence
The Creator West Coast graphic designer and block-print maker Rio Kaneki carves his own path.
Block Magazine
Creativity has its place
Fall/Winter 2024 (Issue 29)
High Design
My Space A meta office space outfitted with icons of modern design.
2024-08-24 11:17 EST
The Moment Berries, parsley and sage: the greening of one Montreal alleyway.
The Starting Block
Starting Block On this issue’s theme: community.
Resilience Built
The Business ZN Advisory’s Zain Nayani on building community resilience through planning.
Match Them!
The Blueprint Match the collective noun to the group of individuals.
Untitled by Justin Ming Yong
Artist’s Block Justin Ming Yong’s block is quilted and strapped.
3D and IRL
The Interior Tech company Unity’s Montreal office is made for people.
A Grassroots Fest Grows Up
Work-In-Progress Growing a festival for Toronto’s design community, 15 years in.
The House That Ballroom Built
The Conversation On giving ballroom’s subculture a platform.
Na̱max̱sa̱la by Three Master Carvers
Made A traditional canoe carved for the first time in a century.
Art in the Open
Make room for the arts Art is alive, well and in the open at The Well.
The Woodstone, Inglewood 1215 13 Street SE, Calgary
The 1KM Guide A spice merchant, open-mic night, a sandwich stop and more in Calgary’s oldest neighbourhood.
A Hub Reinvented
Now & Then A King West hub that’s come a long way.
Paths
Rethink Redefining community through conflict.
Eric Kostiuck’s urban infill
Fill In The Blank Eric Kostiuck’s urban infill.
Contributors
ILLUSTRATIONS BY KAGAN MCLEOD
Savannah Stewart is a Montreal-based journalist who’s passionate about community reporting (Rethink). She’s the managing editor of The Rover, an independent journalism project, and a regular contributor to Cult MTL.
Valerie Strom is a Vancouver Island muralist and oil painter. Self-taught, she finds inspiration in her deep love of people and the human experience (The Business).
A photographer and marketing communications professional based in Victoria, Matt MacLeod found his passion at a young age—being a positive influence in the world. He shot this issue’s cover subject (The Creator).
Justin Ming Yong is a Toronto-based artist who, through his quilt-making practice, explores an unconventional, modern approach in an otherwise classic folk-art medium. He contributed our Artist’s Block.
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Kristina Ljubanovic
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Catherine Dean
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Michael Nyarkoh
DESIGNER
Grant Irving
TRANSLATOR
Catherine Connes
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